Bar Boy & Mista: GINAxC Introduces Her First Double Single Ahead of The Ugly Truth

GINAxC has chosen Bar Boy / Mista as her first double single ahead of the upcoming EP The Ugly Truth — a deliberate decision that sets the conceptual and thematic foundation for the entire project.

Album Cover for Bar Boy & Mista

“Bar Boy is a key track for the whole EP,” GINAxC explains. “It opens the door to everything The Ugly Truth is about — questioning norms, turning perspectives, and exploring sides of society we rarely talk about.”

Bar Boy: Shifting the Perspective

Bar Boy tells the story of a man working behind the bar — a bartender navigating late nights, alcohol, blurred boundaries and repeated unwanted attention. In the song, the character is subjected to sexual harassment from female guests, a reality that is far less discussed in public discourse.

“As a bartender, it can be difficult to set boundaries,” GINAxC says. “When your job depends on being friendly, charming and accommodating, the line between what’s acceptable and what’s not can easily disappear.”

The song does not aim to minimize or question the very real and widespread experiences of women who face sexual harassment. On the contrary, GINAxC is explicit about her intention.

“Most victims of sexual harassment are women — and that reality is undeniable,” she says. “Bar Boy is not about taking space away from those stories. It’s about acknowledging that men can be victims too — even if we don’t talk about it as often.”

In Bar Boy, the bartender is portrayed as openly gay, a choice GINAxC made to further underline vulnerability and power imbalance rather than desire or flirtation.

“I wanted to be very clear about what the song is and what it isn’t,” she explains. “This is not about mutual attraction. It’s about consent, boundaries, and situations where someone feels they can’t say no.”

Mista: Satire as a Mirror

The second track on the double single, Mista, acts as the conceptual B-side. Where Bar Boy is grounded and direct, Mista is more experimental and satirical.

“Mista is a thought experiment,” GINAxC says. “What if women walked into a strip club and behaved the way men often do? What would that look like if we flipped the roles completely?”

Using irony and exaggeration, Mista mirrors familiar dynamics back at the listener — not to provoke for shock value, but to invite reflection.

“Sometimes satire is the only way to make people really see what’s going on,” she adds.

The Beginning of The Ugly Truth

Together, Bar Boy and Mista mark the starting point of The Ugly Truth — an EP built around social commentary, gender roles, power, desire and the uncomfortable contradictions we often prefer to ignore.

“The Ugly Truth is about the things we don’t like to admit — about ourselves, about society, about how we treat each other,” GINAxC says. “These two tracks set the tone. Everything that follows grows out of this conversation.”

The double single is scheduled as the first official release leading into the EP, establishing not only its sound but its purpose.